Merchant Factors announced the engagement of Ronald E. Garber as an exclusive consultant to their Los Angeles office.

Garber will assist in the further expansion of Merchant’s factoring portfolio in California, and will also market in that territory for new business.

Garber has had an extensive career in factoring and asset-based lending. In recent years he was regional manager for CIT Commercial Services, and its predecessor companies, and most recently was executive vice president and regional manager of First Capital.

Garber is a past president and board member of the Commercial Finance Conference of California, an affiliate of the Commercial Finance Association.